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Bitter Edge
Ariana Rose - 2020
Were they things I even wanted anymore?Spencer Broten was a pain in my backside from the moment we met.I was conned into going on a road trip with him.Within hours, I realized he wasn't just my trainer. He was much more.This unnamed, unplanned winding road turned into us getting to know each other as we truly were.Two broken bodies, two broken souls finding out we were more the same than different.The line between hate and love is a bitter edge.Outside or inside.Where will we land?
Her Secret Billionaire Neighbor
Flora Madison - 2019
Everyone else took the financial incentive to leave... Everyone except one last, stubborn tenant. My plan? Make them an offer they can't refuse. But then I see her, and there's no way I'm kicking her out. Instead, I want to make her mine forever. But she hates me, the man attempting to take away her home. The only way to convince her to love me? I'm going to have to pretend to be someone I'm not. Make her fall for me. Then, I'll tell her the truth. Toni: I'm not going down without a fight. This is my home. Cash incentives are great, but what about the principal of displacement? Then, he appears. Tall, dark and unbelievably hot. And he's moving in downstairs to assess the future redesign of the building. Maybe he'll see that this place is worth saving, that it's history deserves to be preserved. It doesn't hurt that he's the most gorgeous man I've ever laid eyes on. I need someone else on my side in the fight to save my building. What could possibly go wrong? Her Secret Billionaire Neighbor is sweet and steamy short romance featuring a possessive OTT alpha billionaire who'll do anything to claim his curvy bbw heroine. It's the perfect one hour read when you're on the go or just need a high heat quickie romance to hold you over. If you love a new neighbor romance, this is the amazon kindle short reads (90 minutes) for you. **Sneak Peek Bonus Chapter of Possessive Teacher included!** **HEA guaranteed in this SAFE standalone romance with NO CLIFFHANGER!**
Fighting for Elena
Silver James - 2019
Duty, loyalty, responsibility? Check, check, and check. Attraction and dating? Oh, hell, no. It’s been ten years and he’s so out of practice they probably changed the rules on him. The Tarpley, Texas Volunteer Fire Department, his ranch, and the young folks in town are his life. And they’re all he needs. Except when he wants more...Dedicated advocate, tenacious social worker, wrangler of runaways...
Elena Rodriguez knows certain people think she cares too much. But helping kids, especially the forgotten ones trying to survive on the streets of San Antonio, is her life. To the exclusion of all else. Sure, she has no social life, but that’s never been a problem. Until a sizzling hot fire chief comes to her rescue. Who cares if he’s older? She’s ready to socialize. Too bad fate has other plans...Fighting for Elena…When a young teen stumbles out of the path of outlaw bikers and into their lives, the silver fox and the woman who cares too much will team up to protect her—as their attraction for each other explodes. Whether battling wild fires, wicked weather, or outlaw bikers, Pops will do whatever it it takes to keep Elena.
Fake Halo
Piper Lennox - 2020
For a price. Turns out the email I just sent my therapist—wherein I detail my biggest, closest-guarded secrets—did not go to my therapist. It went to Westcott Durham. Yes: the Wes Durham, former child star, former teen heartthrob, and current biggest a**hole on either coast. Gorgeous, enraging Wes. My enemy. The secrets I just spilled? One that could destroy my career, one that could destroy my relationship with my sister…and one that could destroy me. It was supposed to follow me to the grave. They all were. Blackmail’s the name of his game. My sentence: eight weeks of hell. Now he’s making me pretend I like him, all so his has-been music channel (and his bedsheets, I’m sure) will see some traffic from my fans. I can’t say no, even when he makes it clear he’s not pretending, anymore. I think. I hope. I hate Wes Durham with almost everything I am. Whatever’s left…that’s what will get me in trouble. * * * Fake Halo is a standalone, full-length romance novel with steamy scenes, an HEA, and no cliffhanger. Content advisory: sensitive subject matter some readers may not find suitable. Link to more information is provided in the copyright section.
The Reunion
Stephanie Brother - 2021
Hearts that pound for the same woman: Me.The disaster turns into a second chance for us all to be honest about how we feel.A hot night of passion leads to an indecent proposal that would change my life completely. I'm tempted: boy, I'm so tempted.In the cold light of day, reality sets in.The biggest once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is waiting for me in LA. It would launch my fashion career into the stratosphere. But I’d have to turn my back on this second chance at love.Is there any way I can have it all?The Reunion is a full-length, steamy romance novel with no cheating and an optimistic happy for now ending.It can be read as a standalone romance, and it is book 1 in the Fashionable Friends trilogy.
Wild and Free (The Wilder Brothers #1)
Nicole Elliot - 2018
And well, they aren't wrong. Billionaire. Real estate mogul. And insomniac. Which is what led me to her. She is beautiful. Perfect kissable lips. Curves in all the right places. She makes this country boy wanna throw her over my shoulder and make her mine. There's just one problem. The girl who saved my life? I don't even know her name. This game is harder than most. But that girl, man, she's a prize worth fighting for. Wild and Free is the first of the Wilder Brothers Series, about five wild brothers and their quest for love. USA Today Bestselling Author Nicole Elliot really knows how to heat up the South in these books. Book 2, Accidentally Wild is also now available!
Cold Heart
Weston Parker - 2018
Destined for the ring. Cold. Hard. Focused. I never expected to have to run from my enemies and hide out, but it’s not just me anymore. My little girl deserves more than the life I have to offer. The least I can do is keep her safe from the mad man after me. At first, we find serenity in the small town I tucked us away in, but nothing is that easy. A beautiful girl next door grabs my attention, and for a moment, I believe love might be possible–again. How wrong I was. Inviting this hot woman into my world was the biggest mistake I’ve made. One minute, she’s there, and the next, she’s gone. Kidnapped. Taken from me. Good damn thing I was born a fighter. I’ll never give up. Never. Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~Weston
Bad Cop
Marci Fawn - 2016
ALLISON A rough year? That's putting it mildly. After my parents died in a gruesome car crash, I moved to the city with my sister, Cassandra. The only way to make a name for myself was to befriend a policeman and get all the gory details on the serial killer running rampant in the city. But I came too close to the fire, and I got burned... Now the killer is after me. Darkly handsome cop Kyle Simons could rescue me - but there's only two things he cares about. Catching the killer... And getting me into his bed. KYLE For the past two years of my life, I've been obsessed with catching him. X, the mysterious villain who I suspect took many lives, my girlfriend's being one of them. When Allison Reid, a sexy-as-hell journalist, walks into my life with a determined step, I'd do anything to get her off my back. I hate journalists. They're scum. But she makes me an offer... Find the killer, and have her for one night. I would've done it either way. But Allison will be the perfect reward to another finished case.
Full length, standalone bad boy romance. No cliffhanger, no cheating and a happy ending guaranteed.
Contains a BONUS book - Dirty Plaything (Bad Cop ends at the 43% mark).
RoadKill
K.L. Ramsey - 2020
I’m a bottom feeder of society; at least that’s what I’m told. Sure, I’ve made some mistakes but I’ve paid for them. I’m free and ready to prove that I’m not who everyone thought I was. I want things I never thought were possible until now—until her. Vivian Ward is my salvation and I won’t let her go.Cillian James walked into my life and turned my boring little world on its ass. Everyone deserves a second chance to make things right and God, I want to be his. I know who he is; who everyone claims him to be but he’s not a killer. They might have given him the nickname “Kill” but those assholes don’t know him like I do. He’s so much more than what they’ve made him.RoadKill is the first book of the Savage Hell MC Series by K.L. Ramsey. This series is a spin-off from Savage Heat (Royal Bastards MC Book 1).
Blossoms of The Heart
Khardine Gray - 2018
Tai was the guy I wasn’t supposed to have… The tattooed rebel my mother told to stay away from me. My heart stopped beating that day. I was off- limits to him and he was forbidden to me. I never thought I’d see him again. He stayed away, just like my mother demanded. Until… fate decided to hand us an all access card eleven years later. Leaving it to us to work out the kinks. We got to see what could have happened if we got together. Then it became complicated…. The passion and heat between us is wild. Scorching hot and consuming. He wants more. So much more… But I can't give him more… This time it’s not my mother telling me I can’t have him. It’s life … Because … now I have a secret. A secret that could tear us apart. **This is a full length novel with a happily ever after, no cliffhanger, no cheating, and plenty of steam. *** If you like hot, steamy, romance with gorgeous, drool worthy ex-marines that, you will like this book. Scroll up and one-click your copy today!
Time Heals All things
Molly Hazelwood - 2017
even when our days are darker than ever we hold on to hope knowing that time will heal our wounds. -time heals all things
Claimed
Bella Night - 2019
The death of his brother forces Greyson West to take his rightful spot in a pack of outlaw wolf shifters. He accepts his fate in order to protect his family, but when a dangerous encounter brings him face-to-face with his mate, he finds himself risking everything for love. The only problem. . . she’s human. Etti Blackwell is a smart-mouthed tattoo artist with a fierce independent streak. So when a sexy wolf shifter turns her world upside down, she doesn’t take kindly to it. Greyson may have rescued her, but she doesn’t trust him. It’s his fault she’s on the run from werewolves! As the pack’s savage Alpha closes in, Grey does the unthinkable to keep Etti safe, triggering a curse so powerful it may just cost them both their lives. Unless . . . Can Grey win Etti’s heart and prove he’s her mate before the next hunter’s moon?
Crescent City Wolves will transport fans of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and The Originals to a world unlike any other...
Crescent City Wolves Series: A Paranormal Shifter Romance Book 1: Claimed Book 2: Cursed Book 3: Chosen Book 4: Buried Book 5: Betrayed Book 6: Bitten
Best Kept Secrets: The Complete Series
Kandi Steiner - 2020
She's perfectly content to go down in the flames, until her first love shows back up and reminds her the other way love can burn. On the northeast side of town, there is a house . . .The house was once magical, filled with love, and joy, and plans for the future.Inside its walls are many things that belong to me — my books, the china from my mother on my wedding day, the beautiful cage once home to two birds, now empty, just like me.And a man.A man who also belongs to me.A man I no longer wish to keep. A man who, no doubt, has not slept, though the sun is rising. Because the house where he waits is where I laid my head to rest every night for eight years. Until last night. No one who knows me would believe Charlie Pierce, the quiet, bookish girl who never made waves is pulling out of the driveway of a man who isn’t her husband. But they don’t know me at all. I don’t even know me. Not anymore. They say there are two sides to every story, and I suppose in most cases, that’s true. But the one I live inside of? It has three. On the northeast side of town, there is a house.But there is no longer a home . . .
Mountain Man Crush
Chloe Morgan - 2019
My older brother’s best friend. The hottest guy from my youth. The one that kept me awake at night. And still does. I wanted him to notice me so badly, but he never did. And now I’m grown and have kick-ass curves. A trip up the mountains brings me face to face with him again. Nothing has changed except me. And my increased desire for this rugged, heartbroken man. He’s been my crush all my life, but we’re about to be far more. This time, I’m not giving up or giving in. Not until he’s all mine.
Business or Pleasure?
Raquel Belle - 2019
I’m about to get really pissed off. Maybe I should just go (in hindsight…even based on what happened next, I’d probably do it all the same!) As is, I hate blind dates! I usually create this “picture perfect” guy in my head and then reality generally walks in! Ohhh god, and reality can be REALLLLLY cruel at times (MOST of the time!!!).Anyway…I’ve just moved back to Seattle to work with my dad at his law firm. We haven’t always had the best relationship…I’m really hoping that this is him reaching out to me. Honestly, blind-dates are the last thing I need right now in my life!I’m about to give up on this night and leave when the most delicious looking specimen of a man comes up to me. I honestly thought I was hallucinating! This guy is ravishing…the type of “stop and stare” guy. Mr. I LITERALLY felt I wanted to get pregnant just by looking at him, says...“Please, tell me I’m the one you’ve been waiting for!” with a naughty smirk on his face.“Are you David Blake?” I ask.“No, but I can be anyone you want me to be.” He smiles, and my head…ohhh god…my head is filled with strong dose of naughty thoughts (a “bit” of an understatement actually!). It’s not my blind-date…and I think to myself (well, I’M TRYING to think!!!) What the hell should I do?I don’t know what the heck happened to me but I stare right into his eyes and say “Tell you what, I’m staying upstairs.” I pause. I could feel his eyes penetrating me. And then I drop the bomb… “Let’s skip the drinks and the preamble, you follow me to my room, and let's have one hell of a one-night stand. You don’t even have to tell me your name.”I couldn’t believe I just said that!He’s shocked. I’m shocked. I don’t normally do this kind of thing. But we do it. Oh, boy…do we do it. We have the most amazing, earth shattering night that I could ever dream of. And THAT was the gift…now comes the SLAP…When the weekend is over and I go in to work on Monday morning. The secretary shows me in to my dad’s office. What the heck is he doing in here? Mr. I LITERALLY felt I wanted to get pregnant just by looking at him turns and smiles.Guess what? My one-night stand is my dad’s billionaire best friend, Jared Hawthorne. He’s my new client. Things are about to get really complicated!Business or Pleasure? is a stand alone romance book with an amazing HEA!